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3.4.3
Expansion card configuration table
Expansion cards require I/O space for Legacy Booting and for OS running. Due
to the limitation of I/O space, see
rules for installing expansion cards are:
1. Begin with the installation of the SAS and SAS RAID controllers in order of
I/O space assignment order.
2. Continue with the installation of the expansion cards for LAN and FC into the
PCIe slots.
Chipset
Bus scan order
I/O space assignment order within the
I/O Hub (IOH)
Hot-plug
Gen2 width
Slot #
Vendor
Type
LSI
SAS 3Gb
SAS 6Gb
Cougar2
SAS RAID
(WASAT)
Emulex
8G-FCx1
8G-FCx2
FCoE (*2)
Qlogic
8G-FCx1
8G-FCx2
Intel
GbEx1
FTS
GbEx2
(D2735)
GbEx4
(D2745)
10GbEx2
(D2755)
Table 8: Expansion card installation recommendation I/O Hubs IOH#1 and IOH#2
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PCIe
Max #
Gen1 x4
3
Geb 2 x6
3
Gen 2 x8
1
Gen 2 x8
2
Gen 2 x8
8
Gen 2 x8
8
Gen 2 x8
8
Gen 2 x8
6
Gen 2 x8
6
Gen 1 x4
8
Gen1 x4
8
Gen2 x4
8
Gen2 x8
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IOH#1
3
2
1
5
1
2
3
4
n
n
n
n
x8
x8
x8
x8
1
2
8
3
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
(*1)
(*1)
(*1)
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
D3144, D3145, D3146 (RX900 S2)
42, the basic
IOH#2
6
4
7
8
3
2
1
n
n
n
n
x8
x4
x8
x8
4
5
6
7
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
(*1)
(*1)
(*1)
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
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